Proverbs 28:23

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One who rebukes a person will afterward find more favor than one who flatters with the tongue.

Cross References

Matthew 18:15

“If your sibling sins against you, go, show them their fault between the two of you alone. If they listen to you, you have gained them back.

Psalm 141:5

Let the righteous strike me, it is kindness; let him reprove me, it is like oil on the head; don’t let my head refuse it; Yet my prayer is always against evil deeds.

Galatians 2:11

But when Cephas came to Antioch, I opposed him to his face, because he stood condemned.

Proverbs 29:5

A person who flatters their neighbor spreads a net for their feet.

1 Kings 1:23

They told the king, saying, “Look, Nathan the prophet!” When he came in before the king, he bowed himself before the king with his face to the ground.

2 Samuel 12:7

Nathan said to David, “You are the man! This is what YHWH, the God of Israel, says: ‘I anointed you king over Israel, and I delivered you out of the hand of Saul.

Proverbs 24:25

but it will go well with those who convict the guilty, and a rich blessing will come on them.

Job 32:21

I won’t show partiality to anyone, or give flattering titles to anyone.

Job 32:22

For I don’t know how to give flattering titles, or else my Maker would soon take me away.